Suzanne Fortier, Recipe Tester

The words “orange chicken” used to make us think of gloppy Chinese takeout—until we tried this orange chicken.

• 40 M
• 2 H, 40 M
• 13

Just about as traditional as tradition gets save for the slight plot twist of maple syrup.

• Quick Glance
• 45 M
• 2 H, 10 M
• 2

We call these “stealthy healthy” cuz you certainly can’t tell by the taste that there’s anything nutritionally redeeming about them. (And that’s how we like our healthy food to taste!)

• 10 M
• 2 H
• 14

Admit it, you’ve probably been eating the same tired, jarred sandwich pickles for as long as you’ve been eating sandwiches. No more.

• 25 M
• 2 D
• 2

This zucchini linguine is a panoply of summer abundance with summer squash and herbs crowding out the usual pasta sauce suspects. No complaints here.

• Quick Glance
• 30 M
• 30 M
• 0

Sometimes a pie craving is just too strong to wait for a plate and fork and fussily crimping a top crust. Enter this easy peasy yet elegant crostata.

• 25 M
• 1 H, 50 M
• 2

A ridiculously easy way to cook bacon for a crowd. No fuss. No standing at the stovetop. No spatters.

• 5 M
• 25 M
• 48

Best potato salad ever. That’s what folks are saying about this easy and, dare we say, elegant spud salad.

• Quick Glance
• 20 M
• 2 H, 20 M
• 34

If you’re going to splurge on brownies, you may as well, you know, SPLURGE on brownies. But not in terms of effort or expense. Just taste. These brownies handle it splendidly.

• 10 M
• 45 M
• 4

Rhubarb vodka. Yep. It’s a thing. And you’re going to want to make this tipsy spring tonic again and again and again.

• 15 M
• 15 M
• 12

Pastrami. We consider it the other corned beef. We also consider it darn easy to make it yourself.

• 45 M
• 5 D, 7 H
• 69

A simple, clean break from tradition, this margarita eschews cloying Cointreau in lieu of a splash of sweet agave.

• 10 M
• 10 M
• 18

Lovely. That’s all we can think to say of this array of deviled eggs, which come in classic, smoked salmon, and lightly truffled.

• Quick Glance
• 10 M
• 40 M
• 1

If we had to choose just one roast chicken to spend the rest of our lives with, this would be the one.

• 15 M
• 2 H
• 70